Wednesday, August 26, 2015

This
week on the Island of Sodor, we journey up the line to see the Skarloey Railway
Viaduct! Watch from the sidelines as the engines go about their work on the
viaduct by checking out the latest video!

How well did I do at recreating this set from the TV series?

I've
never had such a large and difficult set to work with until I had to film on
this. The Skarloey Railway Viaduct has always been an iconic part of the
Skarloey Railway, even reappearing recently in the TV series' 18th season. This
bridge is huge! And very difficult to film with. If you can't tell, the bridge
itself was taller than the sky background that I had so I had to make a special
blue background poster that was big enough for the sky background to sit on.

What
do you think of the Skarloey Railway Viaduct? Wanna see more episodes with the
viaduct in it? Let us know by commenting down below or in the YouTube comments
section. I always appreciate feedback from my fans.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

This
week on the Island of Sodor, we journey up the line to see the Lakeside
Station! Watch the little narrow gauge engines doing their day's work around
the lake and village by checking out the latest video!

What do you think? Did I do a good job recreating this set from the TV series?

This
set has always been one that has fascinated me and I'm really glad I got the
chance to remake it. In the Railway Series, the lake that the narrow gauge
engines run around is just a simple lake, but in the TV series there was this
awesome village that was situated around it. I loved watching the different
scenes that take place here. I'm still very impressed with the modelers from
the original TV show and what they made to bring Thomas & Friends to life.

When
I was replicating the village I tried to get as close as I could with each of
the buildings. I think I did a pretty good job, but you guys will have to let
me know what you think. Sadly it was too hard to try and remake the blue bridge
that normally appears on the left side of the village, so instead I added a
little customized area of my own that has a shed for the narrow gauge engines
to stay at. What
do you think of the Lakeside Station? Would you like to see more of the
Lakeside Station in future episodes? Let us know by commenting down below or in
the YouTube comments section. I always appreciate feedback from my fans.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

This
week on the Island of Sodor, we journey up the line to see the big narrow gauge
hill! Watch as Sir Handel tries to make it up the hill by checking out the
latest video!

Everyone
knows Gordon's Hill that the standard gauge engines have to get over, so I
wanted to have a similar challenge on the narrow gauge line. So I made a hill
that the engines have to get over. So today's video is Sir Handel's experience
of trying to take a goods train over the hill.

When I made the hill it was originally a lot shorter. It was suppose to be the
height of two of the Tomy yellow plastic supports. The process of making the
hill was me filling the area with newspaper and covering it in Woodland Scenics
plaster cloth. The newspaper ended up making the hill much taller than I
thought it would be so now the hill is much more difficult than I originally
planned. If you look closely at my other sets you can probably spot the hill
somewhere in the background being used as scenery.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

This
week on the Island of Sodor, we journey up the line to see the Sodor Castle Causeway!
Watch the little narrow gauge engines journey up and down the line throughout
the whole day by checking out the latest video!

Did I do a good job trying to replicate the castle in the TV series?

I
don't know of anyone else who has remade this castle, but it was pretty fun to
do out of foam. I drew up a design of what the
castle looked like and cut it out of foam and painted it and made the
island that it is on. The building itself is actually a façade. The building is
only painted on the front side just for filming these scenes. I was
disappointed that the castle itself was never actually used as part of a story
in any of the earlier TV series episodes so I made at least one episode that
centers around the castle. I think you guys will really enjoy it.

What
do you think of the time lapse of the whole day? Would you like to see more of
the Sodor Castle Causeway? Let us know by commenting down below or in the
YouTube comments section. I always appreciate feedback from my fans.